Wingen sits below 99% of compared French towns for households in social housing (0.5%)
One-person households: 22%, below 98% of compared French towns. The share of households without a car stands at 3.4%. On flats, Wingen sits lower than 90% of compared French towns: 8.3%. Census day 2023: 445 residents and 190 households in the town.
Throughout this page, the Bas-Rhin median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Wingen
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 28 second homes and occasional dwellings in Wingen, 12% of its 240 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 86% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Wingen: 12% of homes are second homes, above 89% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Some 3.6% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 42% who have been there 30 years or more. Empty homes are rarer here than in just over half of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%.
Wingen changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, behind 75% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Over those years, the median Bas-Rhin town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved ±0%, then −2% to 2023.
8.4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Wingen 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Wingen. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 47.9, Wingen is older than 74% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 29%, a higher share than 70% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Bas-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households make up 7.9%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,140 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The median standard of living in Wingen is €26,140 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Wingen: 21% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 88% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
The share of households headed by a retired person is 35%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 5.5%. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 80% of compared French towns: 3.1%
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Foreign nationals: 1.6%, below 85% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Wingen, 55% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Single residents: 19% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Wingen ranks below 79% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 22%
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification here. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (445 to 2,582 people), the 15th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Wingen
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wingen | 47.9 | 28% | 12% | 3.1% |
| Wissembourg 7,566 · 6 mi | 51.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 19% |
| Soultz-sous-Forêts 3,121 · 7.1 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 1.3% | 4.5% |
| Niederbronn-les-Bains 4,347 · 9.4 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 5.3% | 5.7% |
| Reichshoffen 5,418 · 9.5 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 1.6% | 9.1% |
| Betschdorf 4,231 · 9.8 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 1.1% | 5.8% |
| Gundershoffen 3,834 · 10.9 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Wingen
What is the population of Wingen?
445 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (451).
How old are Wingen’s residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wingen?
28, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wingen?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wingen?
€26,140 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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